We’ve all experienced this frustrating situation: You are watching a TV show and suddenly want to take a screenshot to share with friends or create When you click the screenshot button, you’re left with a blank screen, or , maybe, perhaps with subtitles There is a workaround for this issue, which is common across streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Hulu. What’s the point of blocking video recording?

It is not necessary to wait until the industry changes to be able to capture screenshots from streaming media. It’s possible to do this on your computer using a few different methods. Sorry, iPhone and Android owners: there’s no easy, reliable way to accomplish this on your mobile device, except by taking a picture of the

Disable hardware acceleration

In Chrome and Edge, disabling the hardware acceleration feature, which uses your computer GPU to boost can unlock streaming screenshots. Go to menu, settings, system in Chrome and look for the It will turn off automatically when you restart your browser. Go to menu, settings and system and performance. Search for When available, use hardware acceleration and disable this feature.

You’re in luck if you use Firefox on Windows 11. By default, streaming screenshots are enabled. If they don’t work, or you are on a platform other than the one listed above, then go to Performance, and uncheck Use recommended settings. Then disable the Use Hardware Acceleration feature.

After hardware acceleration has been disabled, you are free to take as many screenshots as you want.

Try this Chrome extension instead

You can use the video screenshot Chrome or Chromium extension if you do not want to disable hardware acceleration for fear of losing quality and resolution. This extension works with multiple services, including Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video.

Video Screenshot adds a camera button to all streaming services once installed. The extension will then save the screenshot in your Downloads folder when you click on the button. The only downside to the extension is that it doesn’t appear to capture subtitles. This isn’t ideal for creating memes. You can also add them yourself using any image editor.